North Palm Beach attorney Joseph Murasko remembers when Ken Keechl, the future vice mayor of Broward County, told him that the company he was representing was branching out to South America. “I looked at Ken and said, ‘Be careful,’ ” Murasko told Keechl. ” ‘You don’t want to piss somebody…
So I got former Mutual Benefits czar and current federal indictee Joel Steinger on the phone this afternoon. I didn’t know what to expect from a guy with a past like his, but the Brooklyn-bred Steinger seemed … laid-back and funny. He said he couldn’t answer questions directly, but when I brought up…
So the Broward County School Board just can’t help but to persecute Becky Blackwood, a former supervisory building inspector who had the guts to criticize the sloppy and corrupt management at the board’s construction department. As reported here, Blackwood prevailed against the district in court. Now the dogs at the district have filed an appeal to Blackwood’s legal victory, ensuring…
We need some help here, folks. So many great restaurants, so little time. From the tiny corner bistro where you’ve been a regular for years to the splashy newcomer cheffed by a big name, Broward County can grapple with the big guys when it comes to fine dining. So what’s…
You’ve bought their CDs stage-side. You’ve bragged to your friends about how you knew of them first. So now show you know your local music scene by nominating the best local album made in the past year in the comments field below…
Howard Dean was the first darling of the “netroots” — the progressive and liberal blogs which were a wailing wall and fundraising catalyst during the Bush years. Then Dean folded. Barack Obama was their next crush, and that turned out pretty well.Will the netroots have as much power as they…
South Florida is the best place in the country to be outdoors. We’ve got beaches, pines, wetlands, and acres of open green fields. Honor your favorite outdoorsy spot in Broward and Palm Beach counties by voting on the best park. Add your winner to the comments field below…
You’ve seen them through the worst time in franchise history and you were rewarded with the best single-season turnaround in NFL history. Now give credit where credit is due, and tell us who the you think the best Dolphins player is. Add your winner to the comments field below…
Check it out. Buddy Nevins reports that Sunrise City Attorney Stuart Michelson is actually saving the city legal fees, possibly even justifying his $432,000 contract.You may remember that Michelson took lots of flak en route to his new position, and deservedly so. Here’s a guy who had represented two commissioners…
I think it’s “pretty accurate” to say the Miami Heat can no longer beat the Denver Nuggets. Last night the Heat dropped its 8th straight to Carmelo Anthony and the Nuggets. By 17. At home. And it’s pretty accurate to say it was never close. Was that an American flag…
Last night was the one-year anniversary of the night in Buffalo when Panthers winger Richard Zednik almost died after Olli Jokinen’s skate slashed his carotid artery and sent five pints of blood onto the ice. A few days in the hospital and a blood transfusion later, Zednik was eying a…
The answer: Maybe, maybe not. But it’s a fair question. Mutual Benefits, the fraud-filled firm that employed Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter’s husband and paid $117,000 to renovate her Parkland home, was just a moderately successful (and moderately dirty) firm in 2001. Then it made its big push into Central and South America, where…
Early next month public schools across Florida will have to swallow yet another budget cut, state school officials announced. It’ll be two percent, but that’s just a warm-up for the 15 percent public schools can expect next year.So, Broward Teachers Union, keep those pigs handy. By 2010 you just might…
The Sun-Sentinel’s dead tree edition today featured what I believe is a life-size photo of H. Wayne Huizenga, along with a big-ass interview with the tycoon. The article begins with this sentence:Speaking for the first time since selling the Miami Dolphins, billionaire H. Wayne Huizenga on Tuesday reflected on leaving…
Palm Beach County has gone through one of the biggest restaurant booms in the U.S. lately: We’re finally on the culinary map. From the tiny corner bistro where you’ve been a regular for years to the splashy newcomer cheffed by a big name, Palm Beach has enough good restaurants to…
So what’s the over/under on turnout for today’s Fort Lauderdale muni elections? Tim Smith seems to think it’s 10 percent, and that sounds about right. I suspect there’s some voter fatigue from the two-year presidential campaign that ended last November. I’ll bet voters — especially the elderly ones who turn…
Vote in the comments section below for your favorite dance club in Broward and Palm Beach counties…
Michael Israel, the Boca painter who whips out large-scale portraits of patriotic scenes (like the ones above) by karate-chopping his canvas, was scheduled to create a painting at the so-called Veterans Presidential Inaugural Ball in Washington on the night of Barack Obama’s inauguration. But the ball got canceled at the…
Barbaro Montesdoeca (pictured) and his daughter were just taking the old dump truck out for a spin recently. After they’d gone some 100 miles north, Montesdoeca allegedly decided it was time to lighten his load a bit — dumping about 2.6 tons of garbage right there. Seems he wasn’t expecting…
Even by Florida’s loose ethical standards, Palm Beach mayoral contender C. Gerald Goldsmith has a corrupt past that should make his candidacy a joke. Goldsmith, who served on the Palm Beach town council back in the mid-1990s, survived the Feb. 3 election and is now in a runoff with incumbent Jack McDonald. The showdown vote comes next Tuesday, February 17. …
Barack went to the wrong Fort, obviously, but whatever. Here’s live video of him telling Floridians how much he hopes to stimulate them. .msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height:…
Like many nonprofits that depend on government funding, the Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions is facing cuts. The organization that focuses on prenatal and infant health may have 22 percent trimmed from its 2009 budget. Unlike other nonprofits, however, the organization has proposed a solution. Healthy Start recently wrote to…
